CHAPTER IX

The queen of Sheba visits Solomon, and is sumptuously

entertained by him, 1-12.

His great riches, 13, 14.

He makes targets and shields of beaten gold, and a magnificent

ivory throne, and various utensils of gold, 15-20.

His navigation to Tarshish, and the commodities brought thence,

21.

His magnificence and political connections, 22-28.

The writers of his life, 29.

He reigns forty years, and is succeeded by his son Rehoboam,

30, 31.

NOTES ON CHAP. IX

Verse 2 Chronicles 9:1. The queen of Sheba] See all the particulars of this royal visit distinctly marked and explained in the notes on 1 Kings 10:1. The Targum calls her queen of Zemargad.

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